Numao is a Hmongic language of China.
Varieties Meng (2001) lists the following language varieties for Numao.
Numao 努茂 (Nu Mhou, autonym: ) - 1,715 speakers in Libo County, Guizhou; representative dialect: Yaolu Township, Libo County 荔波瑶麓瑶族乡 Numao 努茂 (Nu Mhou, White-Trouser Yao 白裤瑶, autonym: ) - about 1,200 speakers in the townships of Yaolu 瑶麓 and Jiarong 佳荣 Dongmeng 冬孟 (Long-Shirt Yao 长衫瑶, autonym: ) - about 400 speakers in the townships of Maolan 茂兰, Dongtang 洞塘, and Weng'ang 翁昂
Zhou (2013:29) lists the following three varieties of Numao and also provides 400-word vocabulary lists for them.
White-Trouser Yao 白裤瑶 (autonym: təu51 m̥o33) in Yaoshan Township 瑶山乡 Green Yao 青瑶 (autonym: mu51 m̥ɑu33) in Yaolu Township 瑶麓乡 Long-Shirt Yao 长衫瑶 (autonym: tən33 m̥o55) in Yaozhai 瑶寨, Dongtang Township 洞塘乡
The Guizhou Province Gazetteer (2002) lists the following autonyms for these villages in Libo County, Guizhou.Guizhou Province Gazetteer: Ethnic Gazetteer [贵州省志. 民族志] (2002). Guiyang: Guizhou Ethnic Publishing House [貴州民族出版社]. : Yaolu 瑶麓 : Yaoshan 瑶山 : Yao'ai 瑶埃
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